If you want to know how connect your mobile or tablet to a PC with Wi-Fi, you have come to the right article. Here we are going to show you how to connect an Android or iOS device to both a PC and a Mac wirelessly, without using any cables, in order to access all the content that is inside.
All the options that I show you in this article are completely free and do not include ads or any other type of in-app purchases.
How to connect Android to PC via Wi-Fi
The only completely free and completely secure method that we have at our disposal to connect an Android smartphone or tablet to a PC via Wi-Fi It is through the Your Phone application, an application that, as of Windows 10, is installed natively on all computers.
With this application, we can access notifications, text messages, photos and videos through a Wi-Fi connection, as well as offering us the possibility of make calls, as long as our PC has a bluetooth connection. Bluetooth is only necessary for calls, not for other functions.
The Your Phone application, although it is also compatible with iOS, does not allow us to access photos or messages, much less make calls, so it really not worth installing unless you want to send content from your iPhone to a Windows PC and there are other easier methods to do so.
How to set up Your Phone on Android
The first thing we must do is download the Your Phone application available in the Play Store, an application that is available completely free of charge, It contains no ads or any in-app purchases.
- Then We open the application on our mobile device and on our PC.
- As soon as you open the application, it will invite us to join a PC using a QR code.
- Finally, the mobile application will invite us to a enter the code displayed in our team's app.
This is the easiest and fastest option, since we only have to scan the QR code that appears in the My Phone application for it to start working. If this method does not work for you, you can choose to make this connection through a PIN code.
Once we have installed the application, the Your Phone application It will ask us for permissions to access notifications, messages, images and call history. If we don't allow it, the app will never be able to access this data to display in the Your Windows Phone app.
What can we do with the Your Phone application on Android
Notifications
All the notifications that are shown on our smartphone will also be available through this section of the application. In addition, we will also be able respond to notifications that we receive, whether from WhatsApp, Telegram, Gmail or any other application.
If we have a Samsung smartphone, We can open the mobile application in a window on our PC, to interact with it in the same way that we do with our mobile.
If not, you can use the Windows application or use the web version to start new conservations of our PC.
Text messages
In this section, all the text messages we receive. If we delete any, or respond, these changes will also be reflected on our device.
Photos
From the Photos section, we can access all photos and videos that we have stored on our computer, content that we can copy to our PC by selecting it and dragging it to the folder where we want to store it.
Calls
If our PC has bluetooth, we will also be able to use the app to make calls from our PC in addition to being able to access the call log. If you do not have bluetooth, you can only access the list of calls. At the moment, there is no option to be able to answer calls.
How to connect iPhone/iPad to PC via Wi-Fi
Nowadays, there is no method to be able to access wirelessly to content available on an iPhone or iPad without using a cable. Not even through iTunes, since this Apple application only allows us to access it through the lightning cable.
How to connect iPhone/iPad to Mac via Wi-Fi
One of the main attractions of the Apple ecosystem is found in compatibility. If you have an iPhone or iPad, you can access wirelessly and without using any type of cable both text messages, Apple's internet messaging platform (iMessage), you can make and receive calls and video calls, access the list of contacts, calendar and tasks...
This is due to the integration of the different Apple ecosystems and the use of iCloud. iCloud is Apple's cloud storage platform that is also used to synchronize all data between devices such as calendar, contacts, tasks, messages... but not to make calls from our device.
However, offers us no choice to be able to access the photo album where we have stored all the photographs and videos that we have taken with our iPhone or iPad. If you use iCloud, all of that content will be available through the macOS Photos app.
If not, and you want to access this content, the only method currently available happens to use a cable together with the Photos or Image Capture application. When I refer to access, I mean to see the content available to later copy or delete it from the device.
How to Transfer Pictures and Videos from iPhone/iPad Mac Wirelessly
But if what we want is send that type of content to a Mac, we do not need to use a cable in combination with the Photos or Image Capture application, since we can do this task through the AirDrop function, a function that is available on the following Mac, iPhone and iPad:
- iPhone: iPhone 5 or later
- iPad: iPad 4th generation or later
- iPad Pro: iPad Pro 1st generation or later
- iPad Mini: iPad Mini 1st generation or later
- iPod Touch: iPod Touch 5th generation or later
- MacBook Air from mid 2012 or later
- MacBook Pro from mid 2012 or later
- iMac from mid 2012 or later
- Mac Mini from mid 2012 or later
- Mac Pro from mid 2013 or later
If we want to send both images and videos to a Mac from our iPhone, we must follow the steps that I show you below:
- First, we must select all items (images and videos) that we want to send to our Mac.
- Next, click on the button Share.
- Then the name of our Mac will be displayed as first option. By clicking on it, all the content will automatically begin to be sent.
To use this feature, The only requirement is that both devices are connected to the same Wi-Fi network. It does not matter if they are not associated with the same Apple ID.